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Carl Wieman, who received the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics for creating the first Bose-Einstein condensates, in September took up the job of associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Wieman has spent more than a decade understanding how students learn. He sat down with Science on 21 October to discuss the state of science, technology, engineering, and math education and how he became involved.

Nobelist 'Coach' Takes On U.S. Science Education

By Jeffrey Mervis

Science29 Oct 2010 : 572

Carl Wieman took up the job of associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in September. He sat down with Science on 21 October to discuss the state of science, technology, engineering, and math education and how he became involved.

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Nobelist 'Coach' Takes On U.S. Science Education

By Jeffrey Mervis

Science29 Oct 2010 : 572

Carl Wieman took up the job of associate director for science in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in September. He sat down with Science on 21 October to discuss the state of science, technology, engineering, and math education and how he became involved.